this happened! but it happened last month...
I saw something absolutely amazing, but amazing isn't a big enough word to capture the incredible-ness of the event...
Let me hit you with the punchline:
I saw a man kill a pigeon with his face.
I was walking home from school. I was walking next to a wrought iron fence on the shoulder of the street. Over to my left, I saw a white pigeon being pursued by a bird of prey. It looked like a hawk, but I'm no ornithologist so don't hold me to that, ok?
The pigeon swooped down and zipped between the bars of the fence. His nemesis was too large and had to pull out to avoid the fence. The pigeon was still flying low, probably basking in his outmaneuvering abilities. The pigeon was about five feet off the ground and flying perpendicular to the street.
A man was riding down the street on his tricked out Chinese motor scooter. He wasn't wearing a helmet. Bad move pengyou. Guess what happened?
The man killed the pigeon with his face!
Immediately after impact the pigeon hit the ground and slid under a parked van without a flutter or twitch. The man came to stop and just looked around blankly. He didn't know what had hit him because the bird was hidden from view. He wasn't bleeding but he was dazed; the side of his face was already turning red. I was awestruck. I was only ten feet away when it happened.
I tell you this truthfully - I would have given a kidney to have known right then how to say, "you just killed a pigeon with your face!" in Chinese.
Let me hit you with the punchline:
I saw a man kill a pigeon with his face.
I was walking home from school. I was walking next to a wrought iron fence on the shoulder of the street. Over to my left, I saw a white pigeon being pursued by a bird of prey. It looked like a hawk, but I'm no ornithologist so don't hold me to that, ok?
The pigeon swooped down and zipped between the bars of the fence. His nemesis was too large and had to pull out to avoid the fence. The pigeon was still flying low, probably basking in his outmaneuvering abilities. The pigeon was about five feet off the ground and flying perpendicular to the street.
A man was riding down the street on his tricked out Chinese motor scooter. He wasn't wearing a helmet. Bad move pengyou. Guess what happened?
The man killed the pigeon with his face!
Immediately after impact the pigeon hit the ground and slid under a parked van without a flutter or twitch. The man came to stop and just looked around blankly. He didn't know what had hit him because the bird was hidden from view. He wasn't bleeding but he was dazed; the side of his face was already turning red. I was awestruck. I was only ten feet away when it happened.
I tell you this truthfully - I would have given a kidney to have known right then how to say, "you just killed a pigeon with your face!" in Chinese.
